漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
茄: eggplant
JLPT N18 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
艹 carries the meaning · 加 is drawn in
8 strokes
One reading
カka · on'yomi · in compounds
No common words use this reading.
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 茄子なすeggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
- 唐茄子とうなすsquash; pumpkin
- 赤茄子あかなすChinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum…
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
加
Also built on add (加)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side茄 eggplant · 艹
vs伽 nursing · 亻In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jiā
Same form: 茄 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 茄 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 茄 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiā most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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